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Pat Tillman's Legacy Four Years On

1:58 PM, May 9, 2008 | Comments (0)
Though he was killed in Afghanistan in 2004, Pat Tillman's death is still a subject of controversy and tremendous reflection. Tillman, you will recall, was the NFL player turned Army Ranger who was originally said to have died under enemy fire (he was...

Trying to Modernize the GI Bill

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Interview: An Iraq Vet Runs for Congress

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  • Video: Soldier Pops Out of an Xmas Present

    David Botti | Dec 14, 2007 03:06 PM
    This is just a great video from CNN.  A U.S. Army soldier back from Iraq wraps himself in a Christmas present box to surprise his two young daughters. More
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  • Thoughts of Marines from Iraq War's Beginning

    David Botti | Dec 14, 2007 02:02 PM
    During my deployment to Iraq in 2003 I kept a journal thinking someday, when I'm old and gray, I'd want to remember how things were back in the summer of '03. One section of this journal was comprised of interviews I did with Marines in my platoon over a period of two days. We'd been in Iraq less than three weeks, and so far had not moved from our initial position guarding a bridge in the middle of nowhere. 

    The interviews were not done for any journalistic purpose, but simply to get a sense of what other people in my platoon were thinking. I've posted excerpts below. One thing to keep in mind as you read them is the diversity of answers. Some of them may sound crass, but that's just the kind of black humor that gets you though the day. Also remember that at the time the war was less than a month old.     More
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